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Thanx, I meant to say belt clip a holster is different. When I had my nextels I used to put scotch tape on the spots that would scratch it and it wouldn't get bad at all. But I think I found a pouch that I would like. Is the outside display facing in the clip or it faces out with the stock clip?
BTW, how is the speaker on it? can you hear it in a car while driving? The only Motorola phones that I had which had a speaker were my nextels and they were loud as **** but the service was another story. My VX4500's speaker isn't loud at all even in a car with the windows closed; I drive a truck and need loud speaker but it's too much of a pain to use a hands free b/c I get in and out of the truck alot.

is there a certain way to get vidoea on the phone with the tf card...it worked fine when i used it for pics and ringtones, but couldnt figure out how to do videos...is there a certain format or something? and dont use big technical terms...im not good at this stuff....thanks...

also, anyone know of a good place to get wallpaper or animated gifs for the 710??

Master Reset: Same as Master Clear, but it does not clear all memory locations and Call Timers.

* Current Firmware is (8700_01.30.8F) there is talk of Motorola releasing a new version in Sept

***Accessories

**Phone tools:

*Phone Tools and Bluetooth:

As of right now there is a problem with getting phone tools to see the phone with Bluetooth. According to a post it should be fixed in a later release. You can discuss it HERE

*Phone tools and Futuredial cable:

Jef modified this in a zip file and has basic instructions in the file. Syncs Outlook for Calendar and contacts. Here is a step by step guide he also created. Thanks Jef!!!

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Step by Step Guide for using MPT 2.x with the Future Dial USB cable
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1. Go to www.futuredial.com and get the USB Drivers for the the Cable.
2. After installing the dr plug in the USB cable
3. Go to Device manager and find the PORT where the Prolific USB Serial Adapter is on
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4. Now open up MPT (It will fail to initialize)
5. Go to Setup and Communications options
6. Change modems, and have it detect a new modem.
7. Cancel, and wait a minute or 2.
8. It will now ask you which COM port your phone is on, so select the COM port from part 3 above.
9. Check the box telling it not to detect and that you want to select your own.
10. Choose the V810.
11. Close MPT.
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12. Download the CTX file I created earlier in this FAQ topic.
13. Go to C:\Documents and settings\All Users\Application Data\BVRP Software\Mobile Phone Tools in Explorer
14. Replace the CTX (I think it will be FAX011.CTX) with the CTX file from the ZIP from this forum
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15. Plug Phone into USB cable
16. Run MPT tools
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17. Synch Away! It should be working now after a few minutes.

Note that it helps to reboot the phone (power off then on) right before Step 15 sometimes.

You can go to the MPT View - Modem Exchange to see the Data being passed on the COM port. If you see a lot of OK's you are set. If you see it waiting, then follow the steps here and try again.

(This guide is done from Memory, and I've done it on a few different PCs, so I think it’s correct. If it's wrong please PM me, and I'll update it)

Right now when ever you take a picture inside it will look terrible. If you take them outside they look outstanding. Also make sure you change the default setting to the highest setting if you are looking on getting better pictures.